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Pratt v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

Cal. Ct. App.November 19, 2008No. C055656Cited 19 times
Plaintiff WinUnion Pacific Railroad Company$5,000 awarded

Case Details

Judge(s)
Blease
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Wrongful TerminationRetaliation

Outcome

The court affirmed the trial court's preliminary injunction prohibiting Union Pacific from compelling the employee to attend a medical examination or disciplinary hearing for refusing to provide medical documentation, finding that California's civil discovery rules provided independent authority to grant protective relief against misuse of the discovery process.

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